Nintendo Co. has added Sharp Corp. as an assembler of its Switch console, according to people directly involved in the matter.
Based on the report, that Malaysia factory is owned by Sharp, said the people, who asked not to be identified because the information isn’t public. Nintendo’s main assembly partner Foxconn Technology Co., a key unit of Foxconn Technology Group, owns a Sharp stake and helped connect the two Japanese companies
Released in 2017, the Switch has sold 68.3 million units as of Sept. 30 and its lifetime sales are on track to exceed 100 million units.
Sources: Bloomberg.com
